Loss-prevention officers at The Home Depot on County Street have been kept busy since Sunday with shoplifters, according to police.

The most recent incident happened on Monday when police said a city woman, who was arrested a week ago on shoplifting charges at Victoria’s Secret, fought with employees after allegedly trying to steal $600 worth of merchandise.

Ashley McSween, 28, last known address 19 Harrison Ave., was arrested and charged with disorderly conduct, larceny over $250 and shoplifting merchandise in excess of $100.

McSween allegedly fought with a male loss-prevention officer at 2:15 p.m., when he confronted her after he said she tried to walk out of the store with $600-worth of deck screws, circular grinding blades, deck fasteners, nine types of ratchets and a shower kit.

After McSween and the security officer twice tumbled to the floor, police said McSween kicked another employee in the groin when he tried to help his co-worker.

She also allegedly cursed loudly, drawing the attention of other shoppers in the store.

The loss-prevention officer told police he recognized McSween as someone who has been stealing electronics and other items from the Taunton location over the past month and returning them for gift cards at the Bridgewater store.

Police also said they recovered a pair of scissors McSween used to snip off security tags from the stolen items.

Taunton police said they recognized McSween right away as the woman who stole $400 worth of underwear and cologne from Victoria’s Secret in the Silver City Galleria mall, and who, when she was detained and arrested, became “very agitated.”

Police said, McSween said she has a gram-a-day heroin addiction and that she needs help. There have been more than 70 reported heroin overdoses, seven of them fatal, in Taunton since the beginning of the year.

The earlier Home Depot incident occurred Sunday when police arrested a Taunton woman and issued a summons to a Rhode Island man they said acted as her accomplice.

Kelly R. Raposo, 34, of 36 Berkley St., was arrested and charged with larceny over $250. Her alleged accomplice, Joseph Mongillo, 36, of 2349 Kingstown Road, Kingston, R.I., was issued a summons for the same charge.

The couple, along with a young girl, came into the store at around 5:30 p.m., according to store security. While Raposo took the girl to the ladies room, Mongillo allegedly switched an $88.16 price tag from a welding wire item and attached it to a more expensive wire-feed welder tagged at $524.

After Mongillo walked outside, Raposo allegedly paid the lesser amount but was stopped by store security as she tried walking out to the idling car. The police report does not indicate the whereabouts of the child who was with Mongillo and Raposo.